ʻAlamā 4

Ko e Maka Tūkiaʻanga ʻo e Hīkisiá

Ko e hīkisiá ko e taʻemaʻu ia ʻa e loto-fakatōkilaló pea ʻokú ne hanga ʻo fokotuʻu ʻa e kakaí ke nau māʻolunga ange ʻi he niʻihi kehé pe fakafepaki ki he niʻihi kehé mo e ʻOtuá (vakai, Fakahinohino ki he Ngaahi Folofolá, “Loto-hīkisiá,” scriptures.ChurchofJesusChrist.org). Fakakaukau ki he hīkisia ʻokú ke mamata ai ʻi he māmaní he ʻahó ni pea mo ʻene ngaahi uesia kovi kiate koe mo kinautolu ʻoku mou feohí. Naʻe fakatupu ʻe he loto-hīkisia mo e fakakikihi naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe ha niʻihi ʻo e kāingalotu ʻo e Siasi ʻo e Fakamoʻuí ʻi he kuonga ʻo ʻAlamaá ke tuka ai e tupulaki ʻa e Siasí. Ko hono olá, naʻe ongoʻi ai ʻe ʻAlamā ke ne fakafisi mei he fakamaau lahí ke līʻoa ʻene moʻuí ki hono malanga ʻaki e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá. ʻE lava ke tokoni e lēsoni ko ʻení ke ke fakaʻaongaʻi e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ke ikunaʻi ʻaki e hīkisiá mo e fakakikihí.

Ko ha maka tūkiaʻanga

Fakamanatuʻi ha taimi naʻá ke humu pe tūkia ai. ʻOkú ke manatuʻi pe ko e hā e meʻa naʻá ne fakatupu hoʻo humú? ʻOku tau faʻa humu he taimi ʻe niʻihi ʻi he moʻuí ʻi ha ngaahi meʻa ʻe lava ke ui ko e “ngaahi maka tūkiaʻanga.” ʻOku moʻoni fakalaumālie foki ʻeni.

Tā ha fanga foʻi poloka pea fakahingoa kinautolu ʻaki e ngaahi meʻa te ne ala fakatupu ke tūkia fakalaumālie ʻa e toʻu tupú. Hangē ko ʻení, mahalo ʻe faingataʻa ki ha niʻihi ke tokanga ki he palōfitá pe talangofua ki he Lea ʻo e Potó.

Fakakaukau ki he ngaahi nunuʻa ʻo e tūkia ʻi he ngaahi meʻa ko ʻení. Fakalaulauloto ki he ʻuhinga ʻokú ke fiemaʻu ai e tokoni ʻa e ʻOtuá ke fakatokangaʻi, fakaʻehiʻehi mo ikunaʻi ʻa e ngaahi maka tūkiaʻanga ko ʻení.

Naʻe aʻusia ʻe he kakai ʻo ʻAlamaá kimui ha mole lahi ʻi he tau mo e kau Leimaná. Koeʻuhí ko ʻenau ngaahi mamahí, naʻe “fakaake ai ʻa kinautolu ke manatu ki honau fatongiá,” pea naʻe papitaiso ha kakai tokolahi (vakai, ʻAlamā 4:1–5). Ka neongo ia, naʻe ʻikai fuoloa ʻenau nongá he naʻe kamata ke nau tūkia fakalaumālie.

Lau ʻa e ʻAlamā 4:6–8, ʻo kumi e ʻuhinga naʻe hohaʻa ai e kau taki ʻo e Siasí.

• ʻOkú ke pehē ko e hā naʻe “fuʻu loto-mamahi lahi” ai ʻa e kau taki ʻo e Siasí (ʻAlamā 4:7) ʻi he fakautuutu ʻa e hīkisia ʻa e kakaí?

Naʻe akoʻi ʻe Palesiteni ʻEselā Tafu Penisoni (1899–1994):

Ko e hīkisiá ko e maka tūkiaʻanga lahi ki Saione. Te u toe fakaongo atu: Ko e hīkisiá ko e maka tūkiaʻanga lahi ki Saione. (Ezra Taft Benson, “Beware of Pride,” Ensign, May 1989, 7)

Tā ha fuʻu maka lahi ʻokú ne fakafofongaʻi ʻa e maka tūkiaʻanga ʻo e hīkisiá. Lisi ʻi he fuʻu maká ʻa e tali ki he ngaahi fehuʻi ko ʻení:

• ʻOkú ke pehē ʻe fakatupu fēfē ʻe he hīkisiá ha taha ke tūkia fakalaumālie?

• Ko e hā ha ngaahi founga ʻoku taʻofi ai kitautolu ʻe he hīkisiá mei haʻatau hoko ʻo hangē ange ko e Fakamoʻuí?

ʻI he hokohoko atu hoʻo ako ʻa e ʻAlamā 4, fakakaukau ki he founga ʻe lava ke hoko ai ʻa e hīkisiá ko ha maka tūkiaʻanga kiate koe pea mo e meʻa te ke lava ʻo fai ke ikunaʻi ʻaki iá.

Lau ʻa e ʻAlamā 4:8–12, ʻo kumi e ngaahi ola ʻo e hīkisiá ʻi he Siasí. Fakatokangaʻi ange ʻoku ʻuhinga ʻa e fetēlení ki he ʻitá pe taʻefemahinoʻakí pe fakakikihí. Ko e fakafāsifasí ko e holi ke faikovi, pe loto-kovi.

1. Tali ʻa e ongo fehuʻi ko ‘ení:

   • Ko e hā e ngaahi ola ʻo e hīkisiá ʻi he Siasí?

   • Ko e hā ha ngaahi founga ʻoku taʻetaau ai e ngaahi tōʻonga ko ʻení mo e kāingalotu ʻo e Siasi ʻo e Fakamoʻuí?

   • Naʻe uesia fēfē ʻa kinautolu naʻe ʻikai kau ki he Siasí?

Fakaʻehiʻehi mei he hīkisiá mo e fakakikihí

Naʻe akonaki ʻa Palesiteni ʻEselā Tafu Penisoni ʻo pehē:

Ko e faitoʻo ki he hīkisiá ko e loto-fakatōkilalo—angamalū, angavaivai [vakai, ʻAlamā 7:23]. (Ezra Taft Benson, “Beware of Pride,” Ensign, May 1989, 6)

Lau ʻa e ʻAlamā 4:13–14, ʻo kumi e meʻa naʻe fai ʻe ha kāingalotu ʻe niʻihi ʻo e Siasí ke fakaʻehiʻehi ai mei he hīkisiá mo kei faivelenga pē. Fakatokangaʻi ange ʻoku ʻuhinga ʻa e fakavaivaiʻi ʻi he veesi 13 ki he hoko ʻo loto-fakatōkilalo mo angamalū ange.

Lisi takai ʻi he ngaahi tūkiaʻanga ʻo e hīkisiá naʻá ke taá, ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungaanga pe tōʻonga faka-Kalaisi mei he ʻAlamā 4:13–14 ʻokú ke ongoʻi ʻe lava ʻo tokoni kiate kitautolu ke tau ikunaʻi pe tekeʻi ʻa e loto-hīkisiá.

• Ko e hā ha ngaahi ngāue mo ha ngaahi tōʻonga fakakaukau ʻi he veesi 13–14 ʻokú ne fakamanatu atu ʻa Sīsū Kalaisi?

• ʻE tokoni fēfē hono fakatupulaki e ngaahi ʻulungaanga ko ʻení mo hono fakahoko ʻo e ngaahi ngāue ko ʻení ke tau hoko ai ʻo hangē ko Iá?

• Kuó ke mamata fēfē ki hono moʻui ʻaki ʻe he niʻihi kehé ʻa e ngaahi ʻulungaanga pe tōʻonga faka-Kalaisi ko ʻení, pea naʻe tokoni fēfē ia kiate koe?

Fakakaukau ki ha faʻahinga hīkisia pe fakakikihi ʻi hoʻo moʻuí. Fakakaukau ki he meʻa te ke lava ʻo fai ke muimui ai ki he sīpinga ʻa e Fakamoʻuí. Ko e hā te ke lava ʻo fai ke fakasiʻisiʻi ʻa e palopalemá kae hoko ko ha konga ʻo e solovaʻangá?

Naʻe fakapapauʻi ʻe ʻAlamā naʻe fiemaʻu ke ne fakaʻaongaʻi hono taimí ki hono tokoniʻi fakalaumālie ʻo e kakaí. Naʻá ne tukuange ʻa e nofoʻanga fakamāú kia Nīfaihā ka naʻe kei tauhi pē ʻa e lakanga ʻo e taulaʻeiki lahí (vakai, ʻAlamā 4:15–18).

Lau ʻa e ʻAlamā 4:19 ʻo kumi e meʻa naʻe ʻilo ʻe ʻAlamā te ne lava ʻo “taʻofi” ʻa e loto-hīkisia mo e fakakikihi ʻi he kakaí. Te ke lava foki ʻo mamata ʻi he “ʻOku Malangaʻi ʻe ʻAlamā ʻa e Folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá” mei he taimi 0:36 ki he 1:59, maʻu ʻi he ChurchofJesusChrist.org.

• Ko e hā ha ngaahi founga naʻe ngāue ai ʻa ʻAlamā ʻo hangē ko Sīsū Kalaisí?

• Ko e hā te tau lava ʻo ako mei he sīpinga ʻa ʻAlamaá?

Ko e moʻoni ʻe taha mei he ʻAlamā 4:19 ko e ʻe lava ʻe he folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá mo e fanongo ki he fakamoʻoni haohaoá ʻo tokoniʻi kitautolu ke tau ikunaʻi ʻa e loto-hīkisiá mo e fakakikihí.

Kumi e meʻa naʻe akoʻi ʻe Palesiteni ʻEselā Tafu Penisoni fekauʻaki mo e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá ʻi he fakamatala ko ʻení.

Ko e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá, ʻo hangē ko ʻene hā ʻi he folofolá, ʻi he lea ʻa e kau palōfita moʻuí, pea ʻi he fakahā fakatāutahá, ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e mālohi ke maluʻi ʻa e Kāingalotú mo fakateungaʻi kinautolu ʻaki ʻa e Laumālié ke nau lava ʻo tekeʻi ʻa e koví, tuʻu maʻu ʻi he leleí, mo maʻu ha fiefia ʻi he moʻui ko ʻení. (Ezra Taft Benson, “The Power of the Word,” Ensign, May 1986, 80)

• Ko e hā ha ngaahi founga ʻe ala tokoni ai e folofola ʻa e ʻOtuá mo hono fakahoko ha fakamoʻoni haohaoá ke taʻofi ʻa e loto-hīkisiá mo e fakakikihí?

2. Fakakakato eni:

   • Hiki ha palopalema ʻe ua pe tolu ʻoku tupu mei he loto-hīkisiá mo e fakakikihí.

   • Hiki e ngaahi potufolofola mo e ngaahi akonaki ʻa e kau palōfita ʻo onopōní ʻokú ke ongoʻi ʻe lava ʻo tokoni ki he ngaahi palopalema ko ʻení.

   • Kumi ʻa e ʻuhinga pe founga ʻe tokoniʻi ai koe ʻe he ngaahi meʻa naʻá ke lisí ke ke fai ki he niʻihi kehé ʻo hangē ko ia naʻe mei fai ʻe he Fakamoʻuí.

Feinga ke fakatokangaʻi mo ʻiloʻi ʻa e ngaahi ueʻi mei he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoní ki he founga ʻe lava ke ke fakaʻaongaʻi ai ʻa e meʻa naʻá ke ako ʻi he lēsoni ko ʻení. Kumi ha ngaahi faingamālie ke ke muimui ai ki he ngaahi ongo ko iá.

Fili Pē: Fie Ako Lahi Ange?

ʻAlamā 4:8. Ko e hā ha ngaahi founga ʻoku tau faʻa femanukiʻaki ai?

Naʻe fakamatala ʻe Palesiteni Tāleni H. ʻOakesi ʻo e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí ʻo pehē:

ʻOku tokolahi ha kau faiako ʻi he lotú pea mo e ʻapiakó ʻoku nau lotomamahi he tōʻonga moʻui ʻetau fānau toʻu tupú, kau ai ʻa e fānau Siasí, koeʻuhí ko ʻenau founga feohí. ʻOku kau he fekau ke feʻofaʻakí, ʻa e ʻofá pea mo e feveitokaiʻaki ʻi he ngaahi tui fakalotú kae pehē ki he ngaahi matakalí, ʻulungaanga fakafonuá pe tuʻunga fakaʻekonōmiká. ʻOku mau fakatukupaaʻi atu e toʻu tupu kotoa pē ke nau fakaʻehiʻehi mei he houtamakí, angakoví, pe ngaahi lea mo e tōʻonga moʻui ʻoku fai ke fakamamahiʻi ai e niʻihi kehé. ʻOku maumauʻi ʻe he ngaahi meʻa kotoa ko iá e fekau ʻa e Fakamoʻuí ke tau feʻofaʻakí. (Dallin H. Oaks, “Ko e ʻOfa mo Feohi mo e Niʻihi Kehé Neongo e Faikehekehé,” Liahona, Nōvema 2014, 27)

Mamataʻi ʻa e “Taha e Lotó,” mei he taimi 7:03 ki he 8:15 ke vakai ki he vahevahe ʻe ʻEletā Keuli E. Sitīvenisoni ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ha faleʻi fekauʻaki mo e ʻofa mo e fakaʻapaʻapa ki he niʻihi kehé.

ʻAlamā 4:10. ʻOku anga fēfē ʻa e “kamata ke tuʻu ʻa e Siasí ʻi heʻene laka ki muʻá” ko ha ola ʻo e hīkisiá?

Naʻe fakamatala ʻe Palesiteni Tāleni H. ʻOakesi ʻo e Kau Palesitenisī ʻUluakí ʻo pehē:

‘Oku fakamatala e Tohi ‘a Molomoná ki ha kuonga naʻe “kamata ke tuʻu ‘a e Siasí ‘i heʻene laka ki muʻá” (ʻAlamā 4:10) koeʻuhí he “kuo kamata ‘a e kakai ‘o e siasí ke … holi lahi ki he ngaahi koloa pea mo e ngaahi meʻa taʻeʻaonga ‘o e mamaní” (‘Alamā 4:8). Ka ai ha taha ‘oku koloaʻia, ‘okú ne ‘i he tuʻunga fakatuʻutāmaki ke “fakafiefiemālie” fakalaumālie ‘i he koloá mo e ngaahi meʻa kehe ‘o e māmaní. (Dallin H. Oaks, “Ko e Talanoa Fakatātā ʻo e Tangata Tūtuuʻí,” Liahona, Mē 2015, 34)

Naʻe akoʻi ʻe ʻEletā Kuenitini L. Kuki ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻo pehē:

Koeʻuhí ko e tokāteline langaki moʻui ʻo hono Fakafoki Mai ʻo e Ongoongoleleí, ʻoku fiefia ai ʻa e kāingalotú ʻi he ongoongoleleí mo nēkeneka mo fiemālie ʻi he Siasí. ʻOku tau vakai lelei ki ai ʻi he taimi ʻoku tau moʻui ʻaki ai e ngaahi akonaki ʻo e ongoongolelei ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi kuo fakafoki maí. ʻI he taimi ʻoku ʻikai moʻui ʻaki ai ʻe he kāingalotú ʻa e ngaahi akonakí, ʻe lava ke hoko ia ko ha fakatūkiaʻanga kiate kinautolu ʻoku ʻikai kau ki he Siasí (ʻAlamā 4:10). (Quentin L. Cook, “Ko e Palani ʻa Etau Tamaí—Feʻunga Ki Heʻene Fānaú Kotoa,” Liahona, Mē 2009, 35)

Ko e hā ʻoku fuʻu fakatupu maumau ai ʻa e loto-hīkisiá?

Naʻe vahevahe ʻe ʻEletā Keuli E. Sitīvenisoni ʻo e Kōlomu ʻo e Kau ʻAposetolo ʻe Toko Hongofulu Mā Uá ʻa e meʻá ni:

ʻI he taimi ʻoku tau loto-hīkisia aí, ʻoku tau maʻu ʻe kitautolu e lāngilangí kae ʻikai foaki ia ki he niʻihi kehé, kau ai e ʻEikí. ʻOku faʻa fakavahavahaʻa e loto-hīkisiá; ko ha fakahehema ia ke fekumi ke maʻu lahi ange mo pehē ʻoku tau lelei ange ʻi he niʻihi kehé. ʻOku faʻa iku e loto-hīkisiá ki he ongoʻi ʻitá mo e loto-tāufehiʻá; ʻo ne fakatupu ha taha ke ʻita fakamolokau pe taʻefakamolemole. (Gary E. Stevenson, “Mate Fakalaumālié,” Liahona, Nōvema 2017, 47)